Urban Music Leaders at Sir John Thursby Community College

With funding from Youth Music, young people and teachers at Sir John Thursby Community College in Burnley worked with BBC Radio 4 National Poetry Slam winner, beat-boxer and MC, Ben Mellor. This developed both the young people’s confidence to express their thoughts and feelings through poetry, spoken word and rap, but also gave music staff inspiration and ideas which developed their approach to the teaching of urban music styles. Read more about the project at: midpenninearts.org.uk/urban-music